A good French Louis XVI ormolu striking cartel clock with sweep seconds, circa 1770

A good French Louis XVI ormolu striking cartel clock with sweep seconds, circa 1770

Price: Price on request

Offered by Toebosch Antiques




8-day spring driven movement with sweep seconds and countwheel half hour striking on a bell.

17-cm enamel dial with Roman numerals, foliate pierced and engraved gilt hands and blued sweep seconds, 8-day single spring with double action movement with rare type pinwheel escapement and countwheel half hour striking on a bell, ormolu case surmounted by a decorative urn with rams heads and acanthus leaves, trailing garlands hung from the top to the sides with canted corners and trellis panels, the whole terminating in a foliate finial.

Reference
100-209
Sizes
72 x 32 x 12.5 cm

Offered by

Toebosch Antiques

Kenaupark 29
2011 MR Haarlem
The Netherlands

+31 (0)6 53 211 641
+31 (0)6 53 211 641
http://www.toeboschantiques.com/

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